It's depressing to see how inactive it has been recently. I mean, everybody is pretty much primarily posting in the never ending thread now and there's not enough people here to make this place really booming. We need to find some way to bring more people here before this place just fades into nothingness...

I know for a fact that a lot of boards out there are thriving because of how many people are there. We just need to get back into the game and pull people here. However, where we obtain these people might matter, because we don't to end up pulling in douches like those at Selkath.

I understand that people are busy these days, but it doesn't seem like they're rarely at their computer anymore. I know most of you are still dicking around with your computer. I don't know how we …

Happy New Year OT! We may be dying... BUT WE'RE STILL HERE! We had an... interesting year last year. Vice Admin Burkman is taking a long earned vacation and Uly is stepping into his position. Well... I'd have more to say but I've got other things to do atm... and oh yeah... to quote Callin... "GET A MIC YA BUM!"

Ed Edd n Eddy Theory

With the current fad of creating disturbing imagery based on Children's tv shows such as the Rugrats Theory:

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The Rugrats really were a figment of Angelica's imagination.Chuckie died a long time ago along with this mother, that's why Chaz is a nervous wreck all the time.

Tommy was a stillborn, that's why Stu is constantly in the basement making toys for the son who never had a chance to live.

The DeVilles had an abortion, Angelica couldn't figure whether it would be a boy or a girl thus creating the twins.

Or the Pokemon Theory:

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Did one ever know the reason why the pacing and story development change after Ash was hit by lightning in the beginning episodes? How Ash and his world were relatively normal until after the incident? I have a theory. The accident with the bike put Ash in a coma. Days later he was found and was hurried to the hospital and treated with heavy medications. This is why Team Rocket became less menacing. The medication took effect and stabilized his coma dreams, instead of being terrifying, they became idyllic, and he's able to live out his Pokémon master fantasies.

If one had noticed, the early episodes of Pokémon were of amazing quality. The rest of the series is just the results of his subconscious mind fulfilling his desires, as well as attempting to escape them. Should Ash realize he's in a coma, he would wake up, but suffer brain damage. So he has to take down all his mental barriers one by one until he can come to grips with what he is and escape his coma.

But by far the creepiest theory is the Ed Edd N Eddy Theory

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We hadn’t always been here. But the neighborhood has. Even before it was a neighborhood on earth this one had been here. Here for those that would be lost on those cursed grounds, here for those who would die long before their real life ever truly began, here for those who never really wanted to grow up. We come from different times and we come from different lives, but one thing remains true of all of us. We lived on the earthly realm of the neighborhood at some point in our lives and died long before our time was supposed to come. We don’t remember much of our lives in the cul-de-sac since the last member of our group joined us and certainly we won’t remember now when the next spirit comes, but here is what we do know:

Rolf was the first to come here. Unlike most of us he was born in far off lands and even in the afterlife hasn’t lost the touch of his old world upbringing. He lived in the neighborhood before it was developed. The son of a shepherd, he and the rest of his family came to start a farm on the lands that would soon turn into the place we would all eventually reside in. He died in 1903. While tending to the family’s animals, the bull broke loose from its pen and in Rolf’s efforts to stop the beast he was trampled to death. That is why even though he brought many of his family’s livestock with him in spirit he chose not to bring the cattle along. He continues to go about the farms business on a daily basis, but is more than happy to occasionally neglect them to play with the other children of the neighborhood.

Jonny was always the lonely child. In fact Rolf actually became his first human friend ever when he came to the cul-de-sac after his death. His parents moved onto the grounds of Rolf’s former farm not long after his death. With no other children around and no fieldwork to take up his time as it did Rolf’s Jonny drew into his own mind to a great extent. From the Plank was born. Together they wandered about the country side climbing trees and getting themselves in trouble. Sadly this didn’t last forever as a few years later Jonny became bedridden with illness. In 1922 he died after a long battle with tuberculosis. He saw his imaginary friend plank standing by him to his last breath. Even now in the afterlife without the countryside to play in Jonny still wastes much of his time frolicking through the backyards and streets.

Eddy was the next to come. Eddy was born in New York City but moved to the neighborhood in 1932, just as the Great Depression was hitting full swing. The neighborhood while still different was beginning to take form from the fields of its past as families moved in and split up the lands that had once belonged to Rolf’s family. Always a schemer, Eddy looked to do anything to bring some comfort to his very bare family life even if it cost him the friendship of others. Eddy died in 1939 after one of his grand plans to swindle a sap backfired. He drowned trying to cross the local river after trying to run away from the angry kids that he had tried to deceive. Even in the afterlife he keeps chasing after the almighty dollar.

Sarah and Ed came together not too long after that. By the late 40’s the cul-de-sac had already nearly taken its final form as one of the preplanned developments that became popular in the post war era. As brother and sister growing up in the chaos of World War II, they both had various ways of escaping their lives as children of a dead GI and a working mother. Sarah became enraged and controlling as she sought to make sure that everyone around her knew that she was in charge, all in an attempt to copy off of her view of the hustle and bustle of her often working mother. Ed on the other hand went about it in a different way. He just shut it out entirely, in fact he shut out nearly everyone and everything in the world entirely becoming what appeared to be a complete idiot. Ed chose instead to become completely involved in the monster movies and comic books that began to pop up after the war had ended. It wasn’t too long after this that, in 1953, Ed and Sarah died in a car wreck as their mother was taking them to visit their grandparents.

Nazz came a time after the brother and sister. Nazz was a flower child, born to a pair of hippies turned establishment in the late 60’s. She was a naturally beautiful girl that had always had a way with boys and men alike. She lived life on a whim and would often go about flirting and playing without any intentions. She died in possibly the most horrible way of any children in the neighborhood. In the summer of ’79 a serial killer, who had broken out of a local asylum, had slipped into her house in the dead of night and raped and killed her along with her entire family. In the trauma of these events she in a way similar to Ed shut out the world entirely and forgot of her parents and siblings, which is why in the afterlife she doesn’t ever receive demands from the non-existent parents unlike many of the others. This gives her much more time to lounge around and party as she often does.

It didn’t take too long before Edd joined the rest of the neighborhood. He was the child of two highly controlling professionals in the age of greed that, despite their constant absence, dominated his life. As such Edd became quite the intellectual and a rather meek and shy figure. Always the curious type, he loved to experiment when given the time away from school and the constant chores of his parents. This would lead to his untimely demise in 1986, as a gas leak combined with a Bunsen burner from one of his experiments tore him and his house to pieces. Being the timid and subservient type, between various misadventures, Edd continued to follow the written orders of his parents long after his death.

Kevin was the next to join the group. He was born to the day of Edd’s death and is in many ways his polar opposite. Kevin came from a broken home and developed a bold personality. In life he was the cynical and angry and took it out on many of the other children. His abusive father would rarely pay him any attention in life and would end up bringing about the end of it. In a drunken rage his father beat him after Kevin attempted to stand up to him. He died on the way to the hospital in the winter of 1999. His father spent the rest of his life in prison. In the afterlife Kevin changed his perception to the opposite of what his life really was, with a distant father who would shower him with gifts, however he continued to maintain his bullying even in death.

Jimmy was the last to come to the cul-de-sac. He died in 2000 not long after moving into the house that Kevin’s father had once lived in. He had had leukemia since he was barely old enough to walk. As such, he was always a very sickly child and due to his over protective parents he never really got to be around other children. He lived his days out in a small bedroom completely neglected by the outside world. Jimmy lingered for quite some time in a state of near death, but in the end finally caved into the suffering of his life long illness.

The Kanker sisters were different from any other denizens of the cul-de-sac. They were never of the earthly plane of existence. Instead they are the children of demons not too dissimilar from the succubae of human lore. They seem to possess abilities impossible by the standards of the others, such as the ability to appear nearly anywhere instantly. They were sent from hell to torment the already tortured souls of the neighborhood. Surprisingly they are attracted to the Eds for unknown reasons, although it is speculated that they are the weakest willed members of the neighborhood and are seen as easy targets by them. Despite that they are universally loathed and often feared by everyone including the Eds.

While this theory may seem far out there it is probably based in a lot more truth than the other theory's. One reason is that the cartoon series did in fact involve a large amount of mysticism. The episodes Sorry Wrong Ed and Hand Me Down Ed are two notable example. In fact in the episode It Came From Outer Ed the neighborhood is actually cursed by a character named Evil Tim.

Who is Evil Tim? (Spoilers for the tv show/movie follow)

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If Ed Edd and Eddy are in the afterlife than Evil Tim may very well be a metaphor for Eddy's brother. Eddy's brother (who did not make an appearance till the series finale) is undoubtedly a serial killer as seen in the fear expressed by the kid's when they talk about him or in his own actions when Eddy finally sees him. Eddy's older brother's (whose name is never revealed so in theory it could be Tim) disappearance is only explained in the episode Fool on the Ed as "he was sent away".

The fact that he was "sent" not that he left or he went away but sent, hints at something sinister within it'self. Eddy's brother's room contains several stuffed animals, that Eddy states his brother "killed himself." Also in the movie, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show it is revealed that Eddy's brother enjoyed torturing Eddy and took delight in being cruel. These are the markings of a serial killer.

If it is true that Eddy's brother is Evil Tim, his curse could be that the neighborhood was never completed. This would be explain all of the lingering half build houses that are never finished. If a serial killer, such as Eddy's brother, were found to be living in suburban housing development the housing would most likely not be completed due to investors worried about the safety of their children.

Eddy's brother and Jeffrey Dahmer also have a strange resemblance not only in back story but looks.[spoiler]

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The one thing I disagree with the oringal creator of the theory though is the ultimate fate of each of the children. Spoilers for more episodes and character arcs.[spoiler]Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, the series finale, undoubtedly deals with death and each of the Cul De Sac's residents face their own.

This alluded to in the movie's opening credits where Eddy's scam goes horribly wrong and the children each experience immense bodily harm. Rolf is eaten by something, Jonny has a series of traps (ranging from bear traps to mice traps) attached to him, Nazz has had her head shaved, and Kevin looks like he has gone through a blender. Each of these alludes to the character's death which brought them to the Cul De Sac.

The Scam must have been Eddy attempting to let the children see their deaths unaware that they were actually dead. Now if you think this is too gothic for a kid's show keep in mind that Antonucci's cartoon short that allowed him to make Ed Edd n Eddy's is titled Lupo The Butcher.

Here is the actual short for reference:

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The first mention of any of the children actually receiving serious bodily harm is Edd, it is revealed in the video game manual for Ed, Edd n Eddy The Mis-Edventures that Edd was a former dodge ball champion at Lemon Creek till he took a header in dodge ball and was left horrifically scared. This is also the reason he wears his hat.

More than likely Edd actually died from that incident because according to the manual the dodge ball is still lodged in his skull and is why he is hat inflates when he is angry. Though it is unconfirmed by Antonucci on whether or not this is true in the show that fact that Edd wears a shower cap, Ed and Eddy's reactions to what lies underneath, and Ed even asking "Does it hurt Double D?" all make the dodge ball explanation sound plausible.

So how did Edd wake up on the Cul De Sac in Peach Creek? Easy he was buried there. In the episode, Every Which Way But Ed, Edd is seen rising from beneath house to meet Eddy in his first meeting with the then new best friends Ed and Eddy.

Edd was buried in Peach Creek and his grave was disturbed by the building of Peach Creek. In the episode Tight End Ed it is revealed the Lemon Brook was built before Peach Creek. The location of Peach Creek is a nice place to put a Children's cemetery, also alluding to the curse of Evil Tim.

Edd then joined the company of Rolf, who is undoubtedly the first child to die in the neighborhood due to some farm related accident.

Mostly likely an accident simillar to this one:

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This accident would explain Rolf's constant companion Wilburn(?), the pig, and why after Eddy's scam he had large bites taken out of him.

Other members of the child cemetery include Jonny 2x4, Ed, Sarah, and Jimmy.

Jonny 2x4 whose death undoubtedly related the mysticism predominantly displayed with plank and plank's many psychotic notions and friends. The end of Postcards from Ed clearly displays Plank's murderous side.

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Displaying Johnny's psychotic family of plank's it seems like Johnny is the victim of Mafia related warfare. Or is Jonny a resurrected hitman?

Richard Kuklinski committed his first murder with a wooden plank. With his large nose and bald head Kuklinkski looks like a grown up Jonny. Kuklinkski died in Trenton, New Jersey. In Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, Jonny rides a bus to a downtown area with the same skyline as Trenton. Possibly confronting not only his death but his crimes.

Ed and Sarah did most likely have a single mother as their father is never mentioned and Ed often talks about his mother. Their father most likely walked out on them which would explain why Ed and Sarah prefer to break down doors rather than walk through them. Their death was also due to a car wreck as Ed displays his fear of cars when he wreck's Eddy's brother's car and Sarah jumps out of the Kanker's car.

Jimmy's death is dealt with very blatantly in the film as he chases Sarah to the edge of the woods and then states he doesn't go into the woods "not since that night" alluding to the fact that something happened to him in the woods.

Jimmy was most likely one of Eddy's brother's victims explaining his hate of Eddy and timid nature. Kevin, Nazz, and Eddy also appear to be victims of the same serial killer.

Kevin displays his fear as he hides whenever hearing about Eddy's brother and asking Eddy if the rumors about his brother are true. Nazz on the other hand displays a crush like obsession with Eddy's brother, which makes the viewer wonder the nature of their relationship before the curse of Evil Tim got her. Eddy was undoubtedly killed by his brother after he failed to be a suitable apprentice to him which he explains at the end of Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show.

Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show also contains several allusions to the theory.(More Spoilers)

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The Ed's pass through a field of Sunflowers which are often used to portary the afterlife (e.g. Narnia) And the Ed's travel down a river in a rowboat called Charon. The river ends in a swamp similar to depictions of hell in Southern Folklore and the movie ends at the sea in a way similar to Frodo's journey at the end of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Eddy's brother also lives inside a whale shaped trailer. In the Dark Ages it was popular to depict hell inside a whale due to the story of Jonah. it would make sense that as a Serial Killer Eddy's brother would be living inside hell.

Before I read farther, uh... tommy was a stillborn, that's why his dad makes toys for a son who never got to live... how does that make any sense at all... you could at least throw in a "he went insane" cuz that's the only way this works...

Aaaanyway, yeah. This is just people looking way too into it. It's fun to read, but come on... if the people who made the show were trying to allude to all this, wouldn't they at some point tell people? Why does every cartoon have to be some huge crazy mindfuck illusion?

Before I read farther, uh... tommy was a stillborn, that's why his dad makes toys for a son who never got to live... how does that make any sense at all... you could at least throw in a "he went insane" cuz that's the only way this works...

It's not insanity per se... It's just a sort of a natural response to death or something... Like a female chimp still dragging her dead offspring around, caring for it and stuff...There's tons of real life human cases like that... It's usually observed in mothers (or mothers-that-weren't) though. Most often it's things like knitting baby clothes, going round buying baby stuff (bottles, pampers etc) or toys... It's usually the result of a miscarriage, a spontaneous abortion or a stillborn... It's an inability to cope with the fact that the baby is dead... Most women who have this disorder (I'm calling it that due to lack of better wording) are incapable of ever conceiving other children. Our of fear that it will happen again, the body goes into something of a shock and any egg that gets fertilized just dies off... Women suffering from this also become either gloomy and rather dark/emotionless or the opposite- try to pretend everything is perfect and alright. That second option is when it starts bordering insanity as they may start pretending they have a child and the miscarriage or whatever didn't happen... It's all a natural cognitive response where the brain, in attempt to protect itself, blocks out bad emotions and painful moments and substitutes them with positive but fake memories...

It's not insanity per se... It's just a sort of a natural response to death or something... Like a female chimp still dragging her dead offspring around, caring for it and stuff...There's tons of real life human cases like that... It's usually observed in mothers (or mothers-that-weren't) though. Most often it's things like knitting baby clothes, going round buying baby stuff (bottles, pampers etc) or toys... It's usually the result of a miscarriage, a spontaneous abortion or a stillborn... It's an inability to cope with the fact that the baby is dead... Most women who have this disorder (I'm calling it that due to lack of better wording) are incapable of ever conceiving other children. Our of fear that it will happen again, the body goes into something of a shock and any egg that gets fertilized just dies off... Women suffering from this also become either gloomy and rather dark/emotionless or the opposite- try to pretend everything is perfect and alright. That second option is when it starts bordering insanity as they may start pretending they have a child and the miscarriage or whatever didn't happen... It's all a natural cognitive response where the brain, in attempt to protect itself, blocks out bad emotions and painful moments and substitutes them with positive but fake memories...

Is that why I'm convinced girl-at-work will come back someday and we'll meet by coincidence and everything will work out? Or maybe I'll hire a PI or something and find out where she went and move there and hang out at spots she frequents and meet up. It's fate, bringing us together.

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Is that why I'm convinced girl-at-work will come back someday and we'll meet by coincidence and everything will work out? Or maybe I'll hire a PI or something and find out where she went and move there and hang out at spots she frequents and meet up. It's fate, bringing us together.

Snowhite is based off of cocaine and the 7 dwarfs are the side-effects of cocaine.

Also something with Winnie the Pooh... forgot what it wass tho...

Winnie the Pooh is an easy MO... Christopher Robin is obviously an autistic, mistreated child from a broken home who finds solace in closing himself up in a make-believe world filled with his stuffed animals... I'm pretty sure I saw something similar with Foster's Home but with Frankie...

@ Uly: No... That's failure to cope with rejection... Part of my theory on Denial... It's similar in that you force yourself into believing everything will turn out just as you had pictured it in your perfect little scenario... That's the denial part...